G      D  G    D  G

[Verse]
G
Says I, "My dearest Molly, come let us fix the time
                                                D
Fan ye and I will mairried be and wedlock us combine
    G                                                D
Fan ye and I get mairried, love, richt happy we will be
       G                                                      C
For ye are the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me"

[Verse]
     G
"Tae pad the road wi' you, sir, cauld winter's comin' on
                                               D
Besides, my aged parents have ne'er a girl but one
  G                                            D
Besides, my aged parents have ne'er a girl but me
       G                                                        C
So I'm no' the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' thee"

[Verse]
     G
"Oh, never mind cauld winter, love, the spring will follow on
                                                     D
Come sit ye doon beside me, and I'll sing you a nice song
     G                                            D
I'll sing you a nice song while I diddle ye on ma knee
    G                                                          C
For you're the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me"

[Verse]
         G
"Oh, the other lads that I hae had, they proved of cruel mind
                                                 D
They beat me and bad used me and proved tae be unkind
     G                                             D
They beat me and bad used me and garred me rue the day
     G
That e'er I gied my love tae them tae pad the road away"

[Instrumental]
G      D  G    D  G    D

[Verse]
     G
"Oh, lassie, dearest lassie, love, I'd never dae ye wrang
                                                      D
It's on my honest faither's life I swear I'll dae nae hairm
     G                                            D
I'll busk ye braw and fairer so ye could bear the gree
       G                                                        C
As the belle o' a' the country 'roond tae pad the road wi' me"

[Verse]
   G
So she has donned her hose and shoon and tae the kirk they've gaen
                                                     D
And lang, ay lang 'ere mornin' that couple were made ane
    G                                                  D
And lang, lang 'ere the mornin', her troubles were set free
    G
For she's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me
G
She's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me
G
She's the bonnie lassie that's tae pad the road wi' me